Conservation Research Program

The Conservation Research Program works with partners throughout the Pacific Northwest to enhance the restoration and conservation of native habitats and species. We conduct rigorous research and communicate results to land managers and others. Our projects range from short-term experiments to decade-long studies. Our goals is to conduct research leading to efficient, long-term conservation and restoration of native species and habitats and communicate our findings through planning and outreach.

Here are some types of projects we conduct:

Willamette daisy (Erigeron decumbens), an endangered species that occurs only in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Shown here being pollinated by a solitary bee.

Monitoring rare, endangered and sensitive species in a variety of habitats

Conservation Research News

The Conservation Research field crew completed our last work trip of the season, camping near Coos Bay and working on BLM land amidst the sand dunes of the North Spit. After many weeks of camping and working out in the desert of eastern Oregon, we were all excited to spend a week on the coast, […]

In the last few days of the 2015 conservation research field season, there is much to reminisce upon. Over the past four and a half months we have tackled over 19 projects, each week took us to a new site and a new rare plant or ecosystem. We traveled the state from the Pacific coast to the […]

In August 2015 the IAE Conservation Research crew traveled down to new territory: Coos Bay on the southern Oregon coast! We were investigating the status of both Point Reyes bird’s beak (Cordylanthus maritimus spp. palustris) and Western marsh-rosemary (Limonium californicum). Point Reyes bird’s beak is listed as a federal Species of Concern and Western marsh-rosemary is listed as […]

In June we said goodbye to our Corvallis western Oregon home and set out for a long day of traveling to Vale, Oregon on the eastern part of the state to monitor Astragalus mulfordiae, or Mulford’s milkvetch. Although the journey was long, it was a beautiful sight to watch the greens of the Cascades turn […]